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How the Serie A Golden Boot race is shaping up

Ahead of Serie A's return this weekend, Sports Mole looks at how the Golden Boot race is shaping up, with Cristiano Ronaldo trailing Ciro Immobile.

Serie A action resumes this weekend following a 15-week absence owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

A number of issues are still to be resolved in the Italian top flight, not least at the top, where Juventus and Lazio are separated by just one point.

On an individual level, meanwhile, the battle to be crowned the division's top scorer may also go down to the wire.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how the race to be crowned Capocannoniere is shaping up with most sides having 12 games to play.


Lazio striker Ciro Immobile pictured in February 2020© Reuters

Lazio striker Ciro Immobile currently leads the way at the top of the scoring charts with 27 goals in 26 appearances.

That gives him an impressive return rate of one goal every 81 minutes - no wonder clubs across Europe are reportedly eager to snap him up this summer.

Immobile reached his tally of 27 goals in record-equalling time, though he fired a blank against Bologna in his most recent outing.

Cristiano Ronaldo certainly has plenty of work to do if he is to catch up with the Italian, having netted a respectable 21 league goals in his second campaign with Juventus.

Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo reacts on February 2, 2020© Reuters

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner equalled a Serie A goals record of his own earlier in the campaign by netting in 11 successive matches.

Next on the list is Romelu Lukaku, who can be more than happy with his debut season at Inter Milan after bagging 17 goals so far, one more than Cagliari's Joao Pedro.

Atalanta BC pair Josip Ilicic and Luis Muriel have 15 and 13 goals respectively, meanwhile, placing them fifth and seventh respectively, either side of 13-goal Sassuolo ace Francesco Caputo.

It has also been another decent campaign in front of goal for Edin Dzeko, with the Roma striker finding the back of the net on 12 occasions.

The top 11 is completed by Duvan Zapata, Lautaro Martinez and Andrea Petagna, who have each scored 11 times.

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Tables
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Juventus32244467323576
2Inter Milan32208468343468
3Lazio32215668353368
4Atalanta BCAtalanta32207587414667
5Roma321661059431654
6Napoli32157105243952
7AC Milan32148104541450
8SassuoloSassuolo32137125954546
9Hellas VeronaHellas Verona321111104039144
10Bologna32119124651-542
11CagliariCagliari321011114846241
12Parma32117144444040
13Fiorentina32812123844-636
14Sampdoria32105173954-1535
15Udinese3298153146-1535
16Torino32104183860-2234
17Genoa3279164060-2030
18Lecce3278174071-3129
19Brescia3256212864-3621
20SPALSPAL3254232358-3519

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